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Harvesting Tulips (aka catching them before they become unhinged) Tulips are harvested when the buds are still tight, just starting to show a hint of colour. That "almost there" stage is everything, because once you cut them, they immediately stop taking direction. Fun fact, Tulips are a one and done crop, so we harvest them with the bulb still attached. It saves us from digging them up later and gives the flower a built-in snack while it hangs out in storage. Efficient and self-sufficient....

At some point, almost everyone asks it: Should we turn this into something more? What starts as something simple, something you love, something that feels like an escape...suddenly has potential. It could grow. It could make money. it could becomes something bigger. How exciting...and also how utterly terrifying! Because underneath it is the question no one really talks about: Does success automatically mean we lose the joy? I'll be honest, when we started this flower farm we didn't exactly...

How far did your flowers travel before they made it to your kitchen table? Do they have more air-miles than you do? I bet you'd be surprised at how many of the flowers you're used to seeing in your bouquets were flown in from places near the equator. Those flowers are grown in conditions that are much more controlled, often heavily rely on pesticides and herbicides to create the most uniform and ideal stems. Did you sniff the bouquet when you got it? Fields of Greenhouses packed together are...